How To Install solarpowerlog on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install solarpowerlog on Ubuntu.

What is `solarpowerlog`

solarpowerlog is:

The program’s purpose is to track and log data from photovoltaic inverters, collect power data and store them. Also a purpose is to provide an interface to extract these data, allowing applications like web site stats of the system.

Solarpowerlog supports at the moment Solarmax inverters, connected via ethernet or serial interface, however it is programmed in a way to easy add support for other inverters as well.

The program supports logging to the console, logging to CVS and writing HTML files to be serverd by a web server.

There are three methods to install solarpowerlog on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install solarpowerlog Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install solarpowerlog using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install solarpowerlog

Install solarpowerlog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install solarpowerlog using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install solarpowerlog

Install solarpowerlog Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install solarpowerlog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install solarpowerlog

How To Uninstall solarpowerlog on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the solarpowerlog package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove solarpowerlog

Uninstall solarpowerlog And Its Dependencies

To uninstall solarpowerlog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove solarpowerlog

Remove solarpowerlog Configurations and Data

To remove solarpowerlog configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge solarpowerlog

Remove solarpowerlog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove solarpowerlog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solarpowerlog

Dependencies

solarpowerlog have the following dependencies:

References

solarpowerlog website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install solarpowerlog package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.